Ball-club carrier



Dec. 15, 1936.

L. s. KRONTHAL 2,064,433

BALL CLUB CARRIER Filed July 29, 1955 INVENTO R Lao/v 5 KRONTHAL ATTORNEY Patented Dec. 15, 1936 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE BALL-CLUB CARRIER Leon S. Kronthal, New York, N. Y.

Application July 29, 1935, Serial No. 33,635

5 Claims. (Cl. 150-15) The present invention relates to ball bat or club carriers and, more particularly, to improvements in golf club carriers intended for use instead of the ordinary golf bag.

,One object of the invention is to provide a golf club carrier which shall be lighter than the conventional golf bags now in use.

Another object of the invention is to provide a portable holder for golf clubs in which provision is made for holding the clubs out of contact with each other.

A further object of the invention is to provide a collapsible golf club carrier.

A yet further object of the invention is generally to provide a golf club carrier which is simple in construction and convenient and advantageous in use.

In accordance with one preferred embodiment of the invention, the golf carrier, which may be made of any light material such as light metal or wood, comprises an open frame constituted by spaced rods to which are connected a plurality of, preferably three, spaced plates, two of the plates being provided with aligned openings through which the handles of the clubs may be inserted. The third plate, which is preferably unperforated and located adjacent the lower ends of the rods, is provided primarily for the purpose of completing the construction of the carrier frame, but may be located close enough to one of the golf club positioning plates so as to engage the free ends of the golf club handles and thus support the golf clubs with their heads out of contact with the uppermost plate, although it will be understood that the arrangement may be such that the heads of the golf clubs rest on the uppermost plate and are thereby supported.

In accordance with another preferredembodiment of the invention, the frame of thegolf club carrier is foldable or collapsible to permit the carrier to be reduced in size for shipping or other purposes.

The above objects of the invention and the several constructions by which said objects are accomplished will best be understood from the following description considered with reference to the accompanying drawing forming a part of the present specification.

In the drawing: 4

Fig. 1 is a perspective view of a golf club carrier constituting one preferred embodiment of the invention;

Fig. 2 is a top plan view of the carrier shown in Fig. 1;

are rigidly connected to the rods;

Fig. 3 is a sectional view of a detail on the line 33 of Fig. 1;

Fig. 4 is a front view of a collapsible golf club carrier constituting another preferred embodiment of the present invention, showing the car- 5 rier in unfolded condition;

Fig. 5 is a front view of the golf club carrier shown in Fig. 4, illustrating said carrier in folded or collapsed condition;

Fig. 6 is a top plan view of the collapsible golf 10 club carrier;

Fig. 7 is a vertical sectional detailed view on the line 'I--'I of Fig. 4;

Fig. 8 is a transverse sectional view on the line 8-8 of Fig. 6; 15

Fig. 9 is a transverse sectional view on the line 9-9 of Fig. 6; and

Fig. 10 is a fragmentary sectional view, on a larger scale, of the connection between parts of the carrier shown in Fig. 1. 2

Referring to the drawing in detail, and first to the embodiment illustrated in Figs. 1 to 3, the present golf club carrier is seen to comprise an open frame constituted by spaced longitudinally extending vertical rods l0, l2 and H, a top transverse plate I6, an intermediate transverse plate l8, and a bottom transverse or base plate 20. The rods extend through aligned openings l5 in the plates and the latter are held in vertically spaced relation on said rods by U- shaped coupling members 22. Said coupling members are fixed to said rods by screws 24 and are provided with spaced arms 26 and 28 which engage opposite sides of said plates or between which said plates are received. Thus, the plates One or more of the rods, here shown as the rod l2, may be provided with a lower pointed end l3 which may be inserted into the ground for the purpose of assisting in holding the carrier in upright position. The rod I 2 is therefore longer than the rods l0 and I4.

A handle 30 is preferably secured to one of the rods, here shown as the rod I0, and is adjustable thereon to suit the convenience of the user. For this purpose, the handle 30 is provided with clamps 32 provided with bifurcated screw-threaded portions 34 engaged by wing-nuts 36, so that by loosening said nuts, the handle may be moved longitudinally of the rod ill to the desired position where it may be secured by tightening the wing-nuts 36. As here shown, a golf ball container 38 is secured to the rod l2.

The top plate l6 and the intermediate plate l8 are provided with a plurality of spaced aligned openings I1 and I9, respectively, to receive the handles of the golf clubs and to hold the latter in spaced relation out of contact with each other. Inthe drawing, one golf club is shown extending through aligned openings I1. and I9 in the plates I6 and I8, respectively, and it will be understood that the handles of other golf clubs will similarly extend through other aligned openings through said plates.

The plates I6, I8 and 20 are of the same size and configuration and, as here shown, are preferably approximately crescent-shaped. Accordingly, the edges of each plate have a double curvature, the outer edges IGa, I81: and 20a of the several plates, respectively, being convexly curved and the inner edges I6b, [8b and 20b of the several plates, respectively, being concavely curved. The top plate I6 is provided with a hook 40 by which the carrier may be sup ported on the players or caddys shoulder, the concave curvature of the inner edges of said plates permitting the golf club carrier to be thus supported with comparative comfort to the player or caddy.

In the other preferred embodiment of the invention, illustrated in Figs. 4 to 9, the carrier embodies all of the features of the above specifically described construction, and in addition, is made collapsible or foldable so that it may be folded substantially flat for convenience in shipping or for other purposes. Accordingly, the longitudinally extending rods II!) and II4 are pivotally secured to the plates H6, H8 and I20 by pivot pins I22, and the rod H2 is pivotally secured to said plates by pins I24. The plates H6, H8 and I20 comprise relatively movable pairs of sections I26, I28 and I30, respectively, hinged on said pins I24 by spaced eye members I30 and I32 projecting alternately from the adjacent ends of the plate sections of each pair. The plates are held against downwardly folding movement by the provision of inter-engaging adjacent edge portions I34 provided in the plate sections between the eye members I30. Thus, the plates may be folded upwardly of the rod II2, but are prevented by said edge portions I34 from folding downwardly with respect to said rod. The hook I40, by which the carrier may be supported on the shoulder of the player or caddy, is fixedly secured to one of the plate sections I26 of the top plate IIB by a bracket I42 carried by said plate section and is releasably secured with respect to the other section of the plate IIIi by a spring-pressed dog I44 secured to the hook I40 and movable transversely thereof through an opening I46 provided in said hook.

Thus it is seen that the embodiments of the invention herein shown and described are well adapted to accomplish the objects of the present invention. It will be understood, however, that certain changes in the construction and arrangement of parts may be made in each of the illustrated embodiments and that the invention may be embodied otherwise than as here shown. Accordingly, I do not wish to be limited to the precise constructions herein disclosed, except as.

Having thus described my invention, what I desire to claim and secure by Letters Patent of the United States is:

1. A portable golf club carrier comprising a plurality of spaced longitudinally extending rods and a plurality of spaced transversely-extending plates having inner concave edges, said edges extending substantially entirely along continuous curves, two of said plates having aligned openings therethrough adapted to receive the handles of golf clubs therein, said inner concave edges being positioned laterally beyond said rods, means for supporting said clubs with their handles extending through said openings, and rigid means rigidly fixed to the topmost plate adjacent its concave edge for supporting the carrier on a persons shoulder with the concave edges of said plates in engagement with the persons back.

2. A portable golf club carrier comprising a plurality of spaced longitudinally extending rods and a plurality of spaced transversely extending plates, two of said plates having aligned openings therethrough adapted to receive the handles of golf clubs therein, means for supporting said clubs with their handles extending through said openings, means for pivotally securing said plates to said rods and each of said plates comprising sections having adjacent edges plvotally connected to each other whereby said plates and rods may be folded with respect to each other.

3. A portable golf club carrier comprising a plurality of spaced longitudinally extending rods and a plurality of spaced transversely extending plates having inner concave edges, two of said plates having aligned openings therethrough adapted to receive the handles of golf clubs therein, means for supporting said clubs with their handles extending through said openings, and means for pivotally securing said plates to said rods and each of said plates comprising sections having adjacent edges pivotally connected to each other whereby said plates and rods may be folded with respect to each other.

4. A portable golf club carrier comprising a plurality of spaced longitudinally extending rods and a plurality of spaced transversely extending plates having inner concave edges, two of said plates having aligned openings therethrough adapted to receive the handles of golf clubs therein, said inner concave edges extending laterally'beyond the concave edges of said plates, means for supporting said clubs with their handles extending through said openings, and rigid means rigidly fixed to the topmost plate at its inner concave edges for supporting the carrier on a persons shoulder.

5. In a portable ball-club carrier of the class described, a plurality of spaced longitudinally extending rods, a. plurality of spaced transverse plates constructed and arranged to receive a plurality of ball club handles, said plates having a plurality of aligned openings through which said rods extend, and a plurality of U-shaped coupling members secured to said rods and operatively connected to each of said plates for holding said plates in spaced relation on said rods.

LEON S. KRONTHAL. 

